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When I was young, my brother and I would take the train from Springfield or Hartford to visit my grandparents in the Bronx. Starting in 1977, I\u2019d always carry my vintage Leica 3A fitted with 50mm Summitar lens and loaded with Kodak black & white film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We typically traveled on an Amtrak Budd RDC or SPV-2000 self-propelled railcar to New Haven, where we would change for a through train to either Rye, New York or Grand Central. My parents would buy us tickets and I’d usually take care of the travel logistics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t recall the specifics of this trip. These images were on an isolated strip of negatives stored in a glassine negative envelop with only \u20181980, Amtrak\/C-Dot New Haven Line\u2019 to identify it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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C-dot train at Bridgeport, Connecticut.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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New SPV-2000 on the Danbury Branch at South Norwalk, Connecticut.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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New SPV-2000 on the Danbury Branch at South Norwalk, Connecticut.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Stamford, Connecticut<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I doubt that I was photographing through the glass\u2014If you know what I mean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I would have processed the film in the sink at home in Massachusetts using Kodak Microdol-X developer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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